Alisa: This summer, I read the book, Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday, from the series Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell. It’s about a girl named Nikki Maxwell, who had her birthday in June. She was really excited about her upcoming birthday party, but things kept getting into her way. In the beginning of the book, she was planning her birthday party and counted everything together. It added up to 500 dollars!!! She didn’t have that much money, so she asked her mom for the help. Mother said no, but it was not the biggest disappointment yet. Her mom recommended old-fashioned music and belly dancers to dance at her birthday party. She said it would only add up to 100 dollars. Nicki hated the idea, so she considered canceling the party, even though her two best friends, Zoey and Chloe, already helped her to make birthday invitations. They decided not to send out the invitations since the party was canceled. Though, by mistake, Chloe left the invites near the pile of outgoing mail, and her dad mailed it. Girls got very worried and ran around the town, but were unable to return the letters. |